Quilting frame



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UNITED! STATES 1,643,351 Partnr ortica.

ERNEST n. simens, or sL. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

QUIT-urne FRAME.

Application led September 1 1926.5 Serial No. 132,967.

My invention relates to quilting frames and the object is to4 provide asimple, etlicient and inexpensive device particularly useful as aquilting frame but also usefuly -for a number of other purposes such asthe tacking of comforters and quilting of quilts and embroidering ofbed-spreads.

. In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top or plan view of one end of my improved quilting frame.

` Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of thedevice.

`Fig. 4 is an enlarged top view of one end of my device with someadditional parts..

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail yas on line 5-5 in d. v

Fig. 6 is an inside elevation of one of the end standsof my deviceincluding a collapsible work table.

Fig. 7 is a bottom view of one of the table sections 35-36.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals, the main frame of mydevice comprises a pair of vertically disposed end stands connected by ahorizontal bar 10. Each end stand comprises two diagonally crossed legs11 the lower ends of which support the entire device on a floor 12 andtheir upper ends are fixed in the lower. edge of a horizontal top bar13. The end stand parts are preferably made of wood and connected by thepreviously mentioned bar 10, the latter preferably a light tube or pipethreaded at both ends, and said threaded parts being inserted one in thecrossing of each pair of legs 11. 14 are threaded flange washersadjustable to engage the legs 11 at each side and thus clamp the legsrigidly betweeny them and making the entire device stand solidly upon afloor.

It will be readily understood that the main supporting frame resemblesan elongated saw-buck the end frames of which each carry a fixedhorizontal bar.

15 are two rollers mounted preferably equi-distant from and parallel tothe bar 10, the ends of said rollers having stub shafts 16 journaledeach in the end part of a bar 13 and protruding through said vbar. Onthe said protruding part one on both stub shafts on each r'oller 15 mayhave keyed to it a ratchet wheel 17 each such wheel adapted to beengaged by a pawl 18 pivotally iXed at 19 adjacent each ratchet. Oneither or both rollers 15 I secure, asat 20 in Fig. 1, one

edge of a long` strip of strong fabric 21 such as canvas and adjacentthe free longitudinal edge'of said strip a quilt, sheet, vcurtain orother flat piece 22 (see Fig. 1) to be worked, on, is pinned as atv 23to the piece 22-and the latter is 'then rolled about the roller 15 untilits opposite edge is in position to be pinned to the corresponding strip21 on the opposite' roller 15." It will be readily understood that anyflat piece thussecured can bestretched. between both rollers and woundmore or less upon either of them as desired and that the pawls 18 engagethe ratchets 17 in opposite dir'ections and the rollers may thus be heldinfsuchrelation to each other that any part or desired area of the piece22 may be stretched between them. For example, a quilt on which it isdesired to embroider or otherwise apply designs, may be held tautbetween the two rollers and any part of itsv stretched area is readilyaccessible from both sides of the device and several persons may work onit simultaneously.

Fig. 4 illustrates auxiliary stretching device adapter to engage andstretch that part of anvarticle 21 adjacent the end stands to pull saidparts taut in direction transversely of the stretching action of therollers 15. This auxiliary device comprises aroller 25 -mountedrotatably and parallel to the `inner side of each bar 13 in brackets 26secured at 27. Each roller carries a ratchet latter is fixed pivotally.,at 29a, a pawl 29 to engage said ratchetl' 30 are suitable strong cordseach secured to the roller 25 with one end and its other end secured at30a to a horizontal bar 31 arranged parallel to the roller 25 andadjustable with relation to the latter by turning the roller andmanipulating of ratchet 23 and its pawl, the rollers 25 thus beingutilizedas winding drums. One edge of bar 31 is provided with a seriesof' hooks 32 preferably made with sharp points adapted to engage theadjacent edge of an article 22. Thus with this auxiliary device in eachend of my quilting frame stretching a quilt or other article endwise andthe rollers 15 adapted to stretch the article transextending downwardlybelow the bar 10. 34 are two parallel grooves in the board extendinglupwardly and cont-inning on the inner side of the board or bar 13 toapoint near the top edge of the latter where each groove tending pins`37 suitably fixed at corresponding inner ends of the cleats 36. Thesepins 37 in each board are slidably engaged in corresponding grooves 34of the opposite end frames and normally rest vin the bottoms of saidgrooves with the board 35 extending upwardly and outwardly as in Fig. 6with the upper part or" each cleat 36 resting against a pin 38 fixed inbar 13 inwardly of' each roller 15. It is obvious that the boards 35maybe raised toi a horizontal plane by sliding their lower ends up tothe transverse grooves 34A and guiding the pins 37 to rest in either ofthe pockets 34B. With the pins 37 in the latter position the boards areon a common horizontal plane, as shown dotted in Fig. 6, with the cleats36--36A supporting them on the rollers 15. The table thus provided maybe used for various purposes such as preparing quilts, comforters, orany articles beforeror independently of placing same on the stretchingdevice. This modified construction is of course possible to install inthe :torni of my ldevice having the end rollers 25, in which case thesaid rollers may be mounted on the outer sides of the bars 13 (notshown).

The use of my quilting frame has been fully disclosed in the foregoingspecification,`

l What I claim is:

A quilting frame comprising two vertically disposed end stands and ahorizontal frame bar connecting said end stands, rollers rotatablymounted between said end stands in a. common horizontal plane above saidframe bars, means for detachably securing a quilt to the said rollersand for holding a portion of it taut between said rollers, a collapsibletable member between said end frames and comprising two correspondingsections adapted to be laid in a common horizontal plane upon saidrollers and means for retaining the adjacent edges of said sections insaid horizontal plane, said latter means `comprising a fixed pinprojecting endwise from each of the inner corner parts of said tables;a-vertical guide board extending vertically and downwardly from theupper central part of each end frame or stand and said board andendstand being provided with parallel vertical grooves each or' which isslidably engaged by one of said pins, and said grooves communicatingeach with a horizontal groove at the upper end of the vertical grooveand said horizontal groove havingdownwardly directed pockets for thepurpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ERNEST R. SIMONS.

